Comedy Central

Comedy Central
	Logo used since 2018
Country	United States
Broadcast area	Nationwide
Headquarters	345 Hudson Street; New York City, U.S. 10014
Programming
Language(s)	English; Spanish (via SAP audio track);
Picture format	1080p HDTV; (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	Time Warner (50%) (1991–2003); Paramount Media Networks (Paramount Skydance Corporation);
Parent	MTV Entertainment Group
Key people	Chris McCarthy (president/CEO, MTV Entertainment Group)
Sister channels	List Nickelodeon; Nick Jr. Channel; Nicktoons; TeenNick; CBS; CBS Sports Network; CBS Sports HQ; CBS Sports Golazo Network; CBS News 24/7; The CW; MTV; MTV2; MTV Tres; MTV Live; MTV Classic; BET; BET Her; VH1; TV Land; Logo; CMT; CMT Music; Pop TV; Showtime; The Movie Channel; Flix; Paramount Network; Smithsonian Channel; ;
History
Launched	April 1, 1991
Replaced	The Comedy Channel; Ha! (Comedy Central is a merger of the two formerly separate channels)
Former names	CTV: The Comedy Network (1991)
Links
Webcast	cc.com/live-tv (U.S. pay-TV subscribers only)
Website	cc.com
Availability
Streaming media
Affiliated Streaming Service	Paramount+
Service(s)	DirecTV Stream, FuboTV, Hulu + Live TV, Philo, Sling TV, YouTube TV

Comedy Central is an American cable channel owned by Paramount Skydance Corporation through its network division's MTV Entertainment Group unit, based in Manhattan. The channel carries comedy programming in the form of original, licensed, and syndicated television series, stand-up comedy specials, and feature films.

As of November 2023, Comedy Central is available to approximately 68 million pay television households in the United States, down from its 2011 peak of 99 million households.^[1]

^ "U.S. cable network households (universe), 1990 – 2023". wrestlenomics.com. May 14, 2024. Retrieved July 28, 2019.

[1] "U.S. cable network households (universe), 1990 – 2023". wrestlenomics.com. May 14, 2024. Retrieved July 28, 2019.

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